• Dear Abby. Dear Me.

    Dear Abby. Dear Me.

    Published by on 20 March, 2013 | 2 Responses

    While in the midst of a pity party my father posed the fol­low­ing ques­tion: “If some­one con­tacted you who was deal­ing with the same issue you’re deal­ing with, what would you say to them?” He fol­lowed with this advice: “Pre­tend you’re Dear Abby and answer them.”So, I took my father’s advice and wrote a “Dear Kim­berly” heal­ing letter.

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    Old Lady Glasses, anyone?

    Published by on 19 March, 2013 | Leave a response

    I am visu­ally chal­lenged. I can’t go to the bath­room in the morn­ing with­out my glasses. If my dog were more obe­di­ent and less arthritic, she could dou­ble as my See­ing Eye dog. I went to the oph­thal­mol­o­gist the other day for my annual checkup. The results from that visit? A pre­scrip­tion for read­ing glasses and even­tu­ally, PROGRESSIVE LENS AKA “old lady glasses”. sigh.

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The Guerrilla Girls get it right: Black History and Women's History is made 365 days a year.

The Anti-​​Black History Month post.

Published by on 12 February, 2013 | Leave a response

Aside from my birth­day month Feb­ru­ary is my favorite month. Why? It’s Black His­tory Month.Although we get the “abbre­vi­ated” month– insert your joke of choice about Black folks get­ting the short­est month of the cal­en­dar year– I know this is one month when I will see qual­ity tele­vi­sion pro­gram­ming about Black folks doing some­thing other than throw­ing drinks across tables, snatch­ing each other’s wigs, or engag­ing in some other tomfoolery.

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Eunice Johnson and Fashion Fair models during 1990-1991 season.

Then:Ebony Fashion Fair. Now: Harlem’s Fashion Row

Published by on 12 February, 2013 | Leave a response

Eunice John­son, founder of the Ebony Fash­ion Fair trav­el­ing fash­ion shows is a trailblazer.Brandice Hen­der­son builds upon this legacy through her work with Harlem’s Fash­ion Row. The fash­ion world is a more diverse place because of both women.

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Warren Buffet and my gift.

Published by on 6 February, 2013 | Leave a response

I was telling a friend about watch­ing War­ren Buf­fet on the Today Show. I wanted to pur­chase his new book so I could become rich like Mr. Buf­fet. My friend looked at me, shook his head and told me, “War­ren Buffet’s gifts are not yours.”My friend told me that God has a huge room with a stack of gifts with my name on it. He is just wait­ing for me to claim them, and the funny thing is nobody else can claim the­ses gifts but me because they are mine. I want to know where this gift room is located and why doesn’t God help me find it?

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